SOCOM HQ

[born2destroy]

Today i woke up and was just checking facebook updates and came accross one posted by Zipper Interactive.

So will this be the end of the road for socom? There will be no new MAG?

What are your thoughts on this?

Me personally am not suprised they are gone after there performance with Socom this generation. I did however enjoy MAG an still play it today. After Slant Six got slated for there attempt at Socom for the PS3 and the community put there ideas forward and what should be changed and what should return, obviously Zipper didnt listen to the community when developing the game so in that sense i am not suprised they are going as there game clearley wasnt what there fan base wanted.

However thank you Zipper for brining us the Socom series (PS2) (PSP), Unit 13 and a few other games along the road. It has been a pleasure to be part of such a great community on Socom and playing these games. I cant see there being another Socom now or even a remade Socom so i believe its time for me also to jump off the Socom scene and move on. Great to meet every single Socom player i ever played against (be that even the ones that kept killing me) and Happy Gaming!

p.s i will most likley still be around for a while as i will still be playing confrontation however if the servers ever go down on that then its over.

[Noxage]

I am dissapointed and quite saddened that they are gone after everything they have given us through the years... it's always sad when people lose their jobs aswell.

This gen wasn't so bad, MAG was a great game, and SOCOM 4 was a fun game in it's own right (when you dont compare the gameplay to previous SOCOM's) There are developers with MUCH worse games this generation that should have dissapeared long, long before Zipper imo.

Still, I will never forget the great times that were had on SOCOM 2 through the years, and all the amazing friends I've met because of this series! I wish everyone the best!

[unbreakable13]

It's sad... I wish people find new jobs fast. As Noxage said, there are way worse developers around, and Zipper, an average (if you ask me, I had much fun with SOCOM 4 and I still play) developer, got shattered. It's disheartening. I wish everyone the best, sincerely!

[Rave-nhill]

Well... i've missed a bit

[jonboy33eaton]

now zipper is gone thats messed up they made one bad game socom4  havent played unit 13 so i dont knw from my memory killzone 3 wasnt that good game either. and ps move push was trush so how many people is sony getting rid . well for me my ps3 is going to pawnshop in the morning and im getting 360 so i guess im stuck playing ghost recon  thanks playstation network for finding a new way to ***** its customers

[uh--oh]

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jonboy33eaton wrote:

now zipper is gone thats messed up they made one bad game socom4  havent played unit 13 so i dont knw from my memory killzone 3 wasnt that good game either. and ps move push was trush so how many people is sony getting rid . well for me my ps3 is going to pawnshop in the morning and im getting 360 so i guess im stuck playing ghost recon  thanks playstation network for finding a new way to ***** its customers

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Actually they made a bunch of bad games. Developing for themselves, adding features and content that no community members wanted. They deserve this.....

They forgot to build games for the fans.

[Tango__6]

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uh--oh wrote:

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jonboy33eaton wrote:

now zipper is gone thats messed up they made one bad game socom4  havent played unit 13 so i dont knw from my memory killzone 3 wasnt that good game either. and ps move push was trush so how many people is sony getting rid . well for me my ps3 is going to pawnshop in the morning and im getting 360 so i guess im stuck playing ghost recon  thanks playstation network for finding a new way to ***** its customers

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Actually they made a bunch of bad games. Developing for themselves, adding features and content that no community members wanted. They deserve this.....

They forgot to build games for the fans.

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i agree.  zipper was told what to do by the community, but they did not listen.  they did what they wanted to do and now they are out of business.  they get what they deserve.

[born2destroy]

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Tango__6 wrote:

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uh--oh wrote:

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jonboy33eaton wrote:

now zipper is gone thats messed up they made one bad game socom4  havent played unit 13 so i dont knw from my memory killzone 3 wasnt that good game either. and ps move push was trush so how many people is sony getting rid . well for me my ps3 is going to pawnshop in the morning and im getting 360 so i guess im stuck playing ghost recon  thanks playstation network for finding a new way to ***** its customers

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Actually they made a bunch of bad games. Developing for themselves, adding features and content that no community members wanted. They deserve this.....

They forgot to build games for the fans.

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i agree.  zipper was told what to do by the community, but they did not listen.  they did what they wanted to do and now they are out of business.  they get what they deserve.

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As much as i agree with this, an article i read not to long ago from an old Zipper Employee was stating that they wanted to give the community what they wanted but Sony kept interrupting to much and adding things in that the community or devs didnt want. If this was true i would have some sympahy although this coud just be them covering their a***s

[uh--oh]

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born2destroy wrote:

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Tango__6 wrote:

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uh--oh wrote:

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jonboy33eaton wrote:

now zipper is gone thats messed up they made one bad game socom4  havent played unit 13 so i dont knw from my memory killzone 3 wasnt that good game either. and ps move push was trush so how many people is sony getting rid . well for me my ps3 is going to pawnshop in the morning and im getting 360 so i guess im stuck playing ghost recon  thanks playstation network for finding a new way to ***** its customers

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Actually they made a bunch of bad games. Developing for themselves, adding features and content that no community members wanted. They deserve this.....

They forgot to build games for the fans.

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i agree.  zipper was told what to do by the community, but they did not listen.  they did what they wanted to do and now they are out of business.  they get what they deserve.

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As much as i agree with this, an article i read not to long ago from an old Zipper Employee was stating that they wanted to give the community what they wanted but Sony kept interrupting to much and adding things in that the community or devs didnt want. If this was true i would have some sympahy although this coud just be them covering their a***s

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Its a lie. I wish I had the link but in an interview of Sony VP I think , he stated they don't interfere with the developers and their game. So how a game is built is by the devs so they are at fault. They only ask for something that aids the console. For example, the plastic shooter guns and the motion wands.....